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    ‘You can run, but you can’t hide’

    Posted on March 3, 2021

    Taylor Correctional Institution’s (TCI) special K9 team gained two new members on Friday, Feb. 26. Officers Michael Flowers and Dennis Rogers join team leader, Sgt. Eric Sadler, Officer Josh Clark, Sgt. James Brandon Mock and Sgt. Jay Swindle, as well as TCI’s three bloodhounds, “Hank,” “Turbo” and “Dylan.”

    By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer

    Five camo-clad men thrash through the darkness of the woods, branches and briars tugging at their skin, as the tall pines prevent the moonlight from reaching the forest floor.

    They rose in the dead of night, answering the call for felon apprehension, plunging into the unknown — guided by a four-legged tracking machine.

    “You can run, but you can’t hide!” some 28 men bellowed in unison, as the Taylor Correctional Institution (TCI) honored its newest graduates of the Florida Department of Corrections’ (FDC) K9 Academy during a commencement ceremony on Friday, Feb. 26.

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